He kept asking normal questions until they stopped feeling normal

Other · Facebook · United Kingdom

I met him on Facebook in Bristol. His profile seemed real enough because he had older posts, tagged friends and ordinary photos. That is probably why I stayed in the conversation longer than I should have.

The strange thing was that he never asked for the usual scam stuff. No money, no quick romance, no intimate photos. Instead he kept asking little questions. Did I live alone. Did my building have a porter. Did my windows face the street. Was I usually home in the evenings. One by one they sounded harmless. Together they felt wrong.

The moment my stomach dropped was when he asked if I was home right then. I blocked him immediately. I still cannot prove exactly what he wanted, but I know it was not normal.